Analytics for Node.js Migration Guide

If you’re using the classic version of Analytics Node.js (named analytics-node on npm), upgrade to the latest version of Analytics Node.js (named @segment/analytics-node on npm).

1. Change the named imports.

   
   Before:

    import Analytics from 'analytics-node'
   

   After:

    import { Analytics } from '@segment/analytics-node'
   

2. Change instantiation to have an object as the first argument.

   
   Before:

    var analytics = new Analytics('YOUR_WRITE_KEY');
   

   After:

    const analytics = new Analytics({ writeKey: '<YOUR_WRITE_KEY>' })
   

3. Change flushing to graceful shutdown.

   
   Before:

    await analytics.flush(function(err, batch) {
        console.log('Flushed, and now this program can exit!');
    });
   

   After:

    await analytics.closeAndFlush()
   

Key differences between the classic and updated version

• The callback call signature changed.

  
  Before:

    (err, batch) => void
  

  After:

    (err, ctx) => void
  

• The enable setting (for disabling analytics during tests) changed to disable. enable: false changed to disable: true.

Removals

The updated Analytics Node.js removed these configuration options:

• errorHandler (see the docs on error handling for more information)

The updated Analytics Node.js library removed undocumented behavior around track properties

Before:

analytics.track({
 ...
 event: 'Ultimate Played',
 myProp: 'abc'
})

After:

analytics.track({
 ...
 event: 'Ultimate Played',
 properties:  {
   myProp: 'abc'
 }
})